2007 In the News
A Look Into Vacccines
December 24, 2007 from KOMU-8 NEWS
It's a conflict of interest. You know it and I know it...but the average mother, person doesn't know all of that. They don't understand all the intricacies of who is being paid by whom, said Dr. Frank Engley. Doctor Frank Engley a researcher and microbiologist who served on boards with the Centers for Disease Control, the FDA, and EPA throughout the 70s and 80s. The investigation continues with the debate over whether a preservative in many vaccines causes autism. Some people we talked to say the Centers for Disease Control can't afford admit that thimerosal could pose a grave risk.
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Attack on Mothers
June 19, 2007 by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from The Huffington Post
"The poisonous public attacks on Katie Wright this week--for revealing that her autistic son Christian (grandson of NBC Chair Bob Wright), has recovered significant function after chelation treatments to remove mercury -- surprised many observers unfamiliar with the acrimonious debate over the mercury-based vaccine preservative Thimerosal. But the patronizing attacks on the mothers of autistic children who have organized to oppose this brain-killing poison is one of the most persistent tactics employed by those defending Thimerosal against the barrage of scientific evidence linking it to the epidemic of pediatric neurological disorders, including autism. ..." Read more.
Autism: Why The Debate Rages
June 15, 2007 by Sharyl Attkisson on Couric & Co at cbsnews.com
With the first autism case now being heard in federal vaccine court in Washington D.C., it makes sense to ask: Why is anyone even still debating the possibility of a link between vaccines and autism? After all, for years, many government health officials, advisors and vaccine manufacturers have said there's no association. Read more.
Merucry Rising
A Possible Link Between Chemical Exposure And Autism May Have Been Overlooked In The Very Earliest Cases At Johns Hopkins
February 28, 2007 by Dan Olmsted Baltimore City Paper
In 1943, a child known only as Frederick W. became part of the first medical report of a strange new disorder. Frederick was Case 2 of 11 children whose behavior "differed markedly and uniquely from anything reported so far," wrote Dr. Leo Kanner, the psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University who introduced the syndrome to the world and named it "autism." Read more.
Finally, a Topic Too Hot For The View
ABC's The View airs a special on autism, but will not discuss its causes. Read the critique by David Kirby, show guest, on The Huffington Post.
January 29, 2007 by David Kirby from The Huffington Post.
Daytime television has not been the same since Rosie O'Donnell took a pugnacious seat at the talkative table known as The View. Rosie has pumped more heat and energy into that show than a year's worth of colorful coffee-filled mugs. Read more.
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